Beach Party

Woohoooo!! I received an e-mail inviting me to a beach party being hosted by the most awesome entertainment group in the galaxy CoE. Anif a member of the group and a dear friend sent me the invitation. She said in her mail that she was in need of fishing bait for the fishing contest they were having as part of the fun and games, and wanted to know if I could help.
Hell yeah!! I could help I love fishing! It’s a great way to spend the afternoon just relaxing and having fun at the same time. Besides, if all she needed was the chum bait, I could keep the fillets and sell them to a chef or something.
Damn, I also needed to find a bathing suit for this party. Its funny, but I never bothered to buy one, I guess when you make your living hunting and tracking, a bathing suit just isn’t something you need.
I commed Highway and told him of the party, he thought a party would be a lot of fun and he would love to go. I told him what I needed to do for Anif, and we agreed to meet in Theed and do some fishing out by the long bridge. I had managed to get hold of Anif, and asked her if she knew where I could find a bathing suit. She gave me the comm. addy to a friend and fellow CeO member named Hellen that is a tailor. I was told she was expecting my call. I thanked Anif and comm’ed Hellen. I had a new bathing suit that same day!!
We had a day to get some fishing in before the party. Neither one of us had any bait on us when we met up in Theed, and after searching the bazaar without any luck we headed out to the fields outside of Theed to see if we could forage some bait. It took awhile but finally we found some and started fishing.
We spent most of that afternoon fishing. I caught several different species of fish, Faa’s, Stripped, Black, and Blue. Highway was having a tough time, the fish kept stealing his bait or just as he was about to land one, it would break his line and take off. Every time this happened I would hear coming from his direction some of the most colorful language in the galaxy.
The day of the party I met Highway again in Theed near the star port. The aypoint I had been given by Anif wasn’t all that far from Theed, so we decided to ride our swoops to the location. The sun was just starting to set as we made our way to the party. What a beautiful evening. Highway joked about not knowing it was going to be a twilight party, and hoped they had a fire going or we would both be pretty cool in our suits if it weren’t.
Highway and I rode into the party location just as the sun set. To our surprise there was in fact a couple of fires going. The location they has chosen was awesome, a long, wide white sandy beach, palm trees, the bon fires, it was just so beautiful! We had arrived a bit early, many people were running around taking care of last minute details.
I spotted Anif, busily hustling around the area, running here and there. I managed to catch up with her and after exchanging hugs, I gave her the fishing bait for the contest later. She apologized for the chaos, and took off once again to manage setting up.
I looked at Highway and we both went to the cabana that was set up to change into proper beach attire. Highway looked so cute in his surfer shorts, and I told him so He told me I looked absolutely fabulous in my new suit.
I recognized many of the faces that were there at the party, some old friends, others I had seen from my travels. Highway and I made the rounds meeting many new people in the process. I love being with Highway, and I think if we had been here for any other reason, it quiet easily would have been a very romantic night We broke free from the people around us and walked down to the waters edge. Enjoying Highways company, the water lapping at the shore I was content to just stand with him. As I was looking over to Highway I noticed a couple up near the fire pit. Avios!! one of the few men in my life that truly makes me happy, but then he is my son.
Avios wasn’t alone, I noticed, he had a very pretty young woman with him. I worry about so many aspects of his life, one being that he isn’t alone, that he has someone in his life to be with, to give him balance and purpose, to love.
I grabbed Highway by the hand and pulled him in the direction of where Avios and his friend were standing. “Hi Mom!” he greeted me. “Hi baby” I said and gave him a hug and kiss to his cheek. I know I embarrass him with my affection for him, but I don’t care, I love my son!
Avios, once past the being flustered, introduced me to his friend. Her name is Honney, a very pretty, courteous young woman, with aspirations of being a master tailor. I watched these two most of the day during the party and I think there is definitely something more then friendship with these two. I like her .
I introduced Highway to Avios and Honney, and right away I could feel a tension between him and my son. They shook hands and were cordial with each other. I will have my work cut out for me to ease this underlying animosity. I let it go for now, I just wanted to have fun, and be with Highway.
The rest of the day I spent with Highway. I entered the fishing contest, and surprised myself by taking second place! Considering half way through the contest all the bait I had given Anif, was gone. I spent a lot of the time foraging for more bait so the others could fish lol.
There was a droid fighting contest, and I entered that too. Poor “peep” my first generation fighting droid was helplessly out classed. When it can his turn to fight, he was matched up against a Probot! Peep gave it all he had, though he wasn’t a great fighting droid, he has heart, and gave it all he had. Later he was allowed to fight once more against a droid closer to his skill, and he again showed he has heart, but not much. He lost that round also.
The day was full of fun and excitement, one I will cherish for a long, long time. Highway and I said our goodbyes and headed back to Theed content and happy that we both got what we needed.